Diversion surgery is defined as surgical creation of what?

• A. Surgical creation of an alternative route for effluent of GI or urinary tracts.
• B. A non-surgical method to divert stool.
• C. A procedure to reverse an ostomy.
• D. A procedure to remove a stoma.

Answer: (A)

Diversion surgery means surgically creating a new pathway for waste to leave the body, bypassing a diseased or nonfunctional segment of the gastrointestinal or urinary tract. This is achieved by forming an opening on the abdomen (a stoma) or constructing a urinary conduit, thereby directing effluent through an alternative route. It’s a structural change to reroute drainage, rather than using a non-surgical method, reversing an ostomy, or removing a stoma. This concept explains why the description of diversion surgery is the surgical creation of an alternative route for GI or urinary effluent.